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Saturday 2 October 2010

Sharing wisdom of all faiths

KUALA LUMPUR: Experts in various fields and religions are to gather here next week to discuss international laws and global policies for the promotion of a better world.

About 70 religious scholars, international law experts, academicians, government officials and civil society activists will take part in the four-day "International Consultation on Faith, Shared Wisdom and International Law" starting on Monday.

Among them are former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, former president of Iran Dr Muhammad Khatami, former Nigerian president Olesegun Obasanjo, former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser, International Court of Justice judge Abdul Koroma and the Grand Mufti of Syria Sheikh Dr Ahmad Badr Al Deen Hassoun.

International Movement for a Just World (JUST), one of the organisers of the event, said the principal goal of the consultation was to show how the shared wisdom of different faiths could work towards a better world.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday.

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